GA QUIZ 1. Which country retained the mens hockey world Cup title at the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague, Netherlands on June 15, 2014? 1) Australia 2) Netherlands 3) Argentina 4) England 2. Michael Schumacher has emerged from a coma that was medically induced following his devastating ski accident on December 29, 2013. He is associated with____. 1) Golf 2) Football 3) Boxing 4) Formula one 3. Who scored the first hat-trick of the 2014 FIFA world cup on June 16, 2014? 1) Mats Hummels 2) Gonzalo Higuain 3) Thomas Muller 4) Neymar 4. The tax administration Reform Commission Submitted its report in June 2014. It is headed by_______. 1) Raghuram 2) C. Rangarajan 3) Sudha Sharma 4) Parthasarathi 5. Who is the author of the book ‘On Hinduism’? 1) Wendy Doniger 2) Lydia Davis 3) Alice Munro 4) Fatima Bhutto 6. Who is the first batsman to score hundreds in three consecutive innings on three separate Occasions in Tests? 1) Michael Clarke 2) Alastair Cook 3) Kumara Sangakkara 4) Virat Kohli 7. Who won the Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament at Halle in June 2014? 1) Roger Federer 2) Kei Nishikori 3) Alejandro Falla 4) Philipp Kohlschreiber 8. Whose autobiography is titled ‘One Life is not Enough’? 1) Sanjay Baru 2) Natwar Singh 3) Jaswant Singh 4) Motilal Vora 9. Who bagged the first rank in the UPSC Civil Service examination, the results of which were declared in June 2014? 1) Gaurav Agarwal 2) Krittika Jyostsna 3) Munish Sharma 4) Peeyush Samaria 10. The height of which of the following dams will be raised by 17 meters? 1) Indira Sagar Dam 2) Krishnarajasagar Dam 3) Rihand Dam 4) Sardar Sarovar Dam 11. Who won his maiden Asian billiards title in June 2014? 1) Sourav Kothari 2) Alok Kumar 3) Pankaj Advani 4) None of these 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited which of the following countries on June 15-16, 2014? (It is his first official foreign trip after becoming the prime minister) 1) Bangladesh 2) Nepal 3) Bhutan 4) Brazil 13. Which state government has recently barred devotees from climbing the chariots of lord Jagannath on Rath Yatra day? 1) Jharkhand 2) Bihar 3) West Bengal 4) Odisha 14. The Better Together Campaign wants which of the following to remain within the United Kingdom? 1) Scotland 2) Wales 3) England 4) Northern Ireland 15. The 16th Asian junior athletics championship was held in June 2014 in which of the following cities? 1) Beijing 2) Taipei 3) New Delhi 4) Seoul 16. Renaud Lavillenie of France won a gold medal at the Diamond League in Oslo in June 2014 in which of the following athletic events? 1) 400m hurdles 2) 110m hurdles 3) Pole vault 4) Triple Jump 17. TARC has suggested the abolition of the post of _________? 1) Revenue Secretary 2) Finance Secretary 3) Financial Services Secretary 4) Both l and 3 18. Who won the US Open golf title on June 15, 2014? 1) Martin Kaymer 2) Shiv Kapur 3) Erik Compton 4) Rickie Fowler 19. B.L. Joshi resigned on June 17, 2014 as the Governor of? 1) Karnataka 2) Rajasthan 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Gujarat 20. Dmitry Rogozin Visited India in June 2014. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of? 1) Kazakhstan 2) Kyrgyzstan 3) Tajikistan 4) Russia 21. Zeid al-Hussein will take over as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on September 1, 2014. He is Prince of? 1) Saudi Arabia 2) Jordan 3) Turkey 4) Kuwait 22. The United Kingdom will reopen its embassy in which of the following countries? (Britain had closed its embassy in 2011) 1) Iran 2) Iraq 3) Syria 4) Afghanistan 23. Which private bank launched its mobile banking application ‘imobile’ for Windows Phones on June 17, 2014? 1) Axis Bank 2) HDFC Bank 3) ICICI Bank 4) Ratnakar Bank 24. Yu Hsi translated the 1330 couplets of the Tirukkural, a Tamil Classic, into Mandarin. He belongs to? 1) China 2) Taiwan 3) Laos 4) Vietnam 25. ‘Mehrangir’ the bungalow of which of the following persons was sold for Rs. 372 crore on June 18, 2014? 1) JRD Tata 2) Satish Dhawan 3) Homi Bhabha 4) Rajesh 26. Who is Indias crisis manger in Iraq? 1) Nirupama Rao 2) Suresh Reddy 3) Meera Jaishankar 4) Shiv Shankar Menon 27. Who has been chosen for this years World Food Prize? 1) M.S. Swaminathan 2) S. Nagarajan 3) Sanjay Rajaram 4) P.C. Kesavan 28. World Food Prize is presented during the U.N. World Food Day on? 1) September 16 2) October 16 3) September 24 4) October 24 29. The army test-fired a surface-to-air missile on June 18, 2014. It is____. 1) Agni I 2) Prithvi 3) Akash 4) Dhanush 30. Who among the following is the Registrar General of citizen registration? 1) Avinash Chander 2) C. Chandramouli 3) Ravi kumar Gupta 4) Shivathanu Pillai 31. Rajeev Topno is? 1) Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 2) Prime Ministers Principal Secretary 3) Cabinet Secretary 4) National Security Adviser 32. Prince Felipe was sworn in the king of which of the following countries on June 19, 2014? 1) Norway 2) Austria 3) Belgium 4) Spain 33. Gro Harlem Brundtland was named the first recipient of the Tang Prize for sustainable development on June 18, 2014. She is the former Prime Minister of? 1) Argentina 2) Germany 3) Norway 4) Iceland 34. Gro Harlem Brundtland is the former Director General of? 1) WTO 2) WHO 3) UNESCO 4) IAEA 35. Tang Prize was started by Samuel yin, a billionaire from? 1) Taiwan 2) Vietnam 3) South Korea 4) Japan 36. ISIS is a dreaded militant group in Iraq and _______. 1) Sudan 2) South Sudan 3) Syria 4) Sierra Leone 37. Slingshot is a new app launched by______. 1) Twitter 2) Google 3) Microsoft 4) Facebook 38. Which Company elected Indian-origin Vivek Badrinath among new members of its board? 1) Google 2) Nokia 3) Samsung 4) Vodafone 39. Which country is the second largest user base for professional networking site LinkedIn after USA? 1) China 2) Brazil 3) India 4) Russia 40. Which of the following groups won the Gallup Workplace Award for 2014? 1) Apollo Hospitals 2) Ranbaxy 3) Dr. Agarwals Hospitals 4) Fortis Hospitals ANSWERS : 1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 4 5) 1 6) 3 7) 1 8) 2 9) 1 10) 4 11) 1 12) 3 13) 4 14) 1 15) 2 16) 3 17) 1 18) 1 19) 3 20) 4 21) 2 22) 1 23) 3 24) 2 25) 3 26) 2 27) 3 28) 2 29) 3 30) 2 31) 1 32) 4 33) 3 34) 2 35) 1 36) 3 37) 4 38) 2 39) 3 40) 1
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